Talk:Hamantash

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[edit] Homentash vs. Hamantash vs. Hamantasch

For most of this article's existence, the main title was "Hamantash" or "Hamantasch." Redaktor changed the title to "Homentash." Thousands of websites refer to this cookie as "Hamantash" or "Hamantasch," while far fewer call it "Homentash." I think it should be changed. Poldy Bloom 04:32, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I changed the title to "Hamantasch" as a common spelling. Then, I began steps (with administrator help) to change the title to "Hamantash," which seems to be the most common spelling. If you change it back to "Homentsh" or if you ask the administrator to do so, please provide a more detailed and reasoned explanation why here, and let's have a discussion among the community. Thanks. Poldy Bloom 05:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cheese Hamantaschen

I added cheese as a flavour of fillings for hamantaschen. It was deleted because the person had never heard of cheese as a filling for hamantaschen. I have been eating cheese hamantaschen, which my Mom buys from a bakery, every year for as long as I can remember. If you search for cheese hamantaschen on Yahoo or Google you will see a lot of recipes for it. It exists and my tastebuds are very gratfeul for that. Jami86e 06:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I put it back, since apparently "cheese hamantaschen" do exist. It seems rare, though, based on the number of Google hits it gets. I also added in a reference for it.--DLand^TALK 12:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Jami86e 19:08, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Origins of name

Before Redaktor changed "Hamantasch" to "Homentash" throughout the article, the origins of the name were attributed to "Haman's pocket." Redaktor changed the article to read, "The name homentashn is a corruption of Yiddish: מאן־טאשן montashn, German: mohntaschen, meaning poppyseed cakes." Does anyone have any evidence of this linguistic provenance? Can someone provide a legitimate printed (i.e. non-internet) source? If so, please add a footnote to the article. By the way, "mohn" does mean poppyseed in German, but "taschen" means "pockets," not "cakes." (The German word for cake is "Kuchen.") I am going to change the article to reflect the two possible origins of the name. The montashn theory may be more correct from a scholarly point of view (and I don't know if it is), but the Haman's pocket theory is the most commonly believed. So, I think it is best to present them both. Poldy Bloom 04:32, 5 March 2007 (UTC)